- From 2006, women will be invited to enlist for national service on a voluntary basis.
- The proportion of women in the armed forces will be
increased. The responsibility for this lies with the leaders directly responsible for recruitment.
There are today 7 percent women in the armed forces, the target is 15 percent.
- At least 25 percent of the students attending military officer training schools will be women.
In 2006 15, 5 percent of the students were women.
- The Norwegian military schools and training institutions will give the task of integrating issues related to women, peace and security into basic and specialised training programmes. Before deployment on international operations, Norwegian personnel will be trained to deal with mission-specific situations.
- Measures to promote Norwegian women leaders as candidates for international military and civilian positions will be implemented in relevant ministries. Norway will compile a list of potential Norwegian women candidates for positions in international organisations.
- The Ministry of Defence and the Norwegian armed forces must integrate gender perspectives into the planning of all international activities, including all operational plans for international operations.
- Norway will support UN recruitment processes to ensure that more women are appointed to higher positions in peace operations, and will actively promote strong candidates for such positions. It is particularly important to appoint more women as Special Representatives of the Secretary-General (SRSG).
- Norway will seek to ensure that a gender perspective is taken into account in the UN’s integrated missions.
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